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Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Mississippi. ... Cabana, Donald A. "The History of Capital Punishment in Mississippi: An Overview."
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Mississippi since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. Since 1976, 23 people convicted of capital murder have been executed by the state of Mississippi. Of the 23 people executed, 4 were executed via gas chamber and 19 via lethal injection. [1]
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice.The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.
Gray’s mother, Wanda Farris, attended the execution at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, about 130 miles (210 kilometers) north of the capital, Jackson. Mississippi’s most recent ...
The State of Mississippi restored capital punishment in the 1980s. Cabana learned that as per procedure he was to participate in administering the gas chamber. [7] According to Cabana, getting to know the condemned inmates made him oppose the death penalty, and he cited the case of Connie Ray Evans. [8]
Capital punishment is applied in this state. [6] One of the two death sentences of Willie Jerome Manning (for two unrelated double murders) attracted national attention in May 2013 when the FBI rescinded an evidence report days before Manning's scheduled execution.
Gray was executed on September 2, 1983 in Mississippi's gas chamber. [7] This was the first use of the gas chamber since 1964. He became the first person to be executed in Mississippi since 1976, when capital punishment was reinstated. [8] His last meal consisted of burritos and enchiladas with refried beans and rice.
Prisoners sentenced to death by Mississippi (1 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Capital punishment in Mississippi" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.